Landscape & Urban Design Issue 52 2021 | Page 8

GARDEN DESIGN

CREATE AN OUTDOOR ‘ ROOM ’ WITH A DAY BED OR PERGOLA

If you ’ re fortunate enough to be able to step outside your back door and meet a stretch of fresh green lawn , or enjoy the luxury of a sun-catching wooden deck , these last two turbulent years might have made you appreciate — even more — the inherently simple pleasures of the great outdoors .
Lockdown may have restricted us to our homes at various points during the pandemic , but that hasn ’ t stopped us trying to make the very best of our gardens ; ensuring that any time spent in them ... is time well spent .
With access to the outdoors more important than ever , it ’ s no surprise that a trend has emerged to invest in room-like structures that borrow all the intimacy and convenience of an indoor space — and drop them in the natural surroundings of a garden .
A room with a view Sitting Spiritually ’ s range of swinging days beds and pergolas are the ideal solution for those looking to bring a sense of the inside … outside .
A paradigm of luxury and comfort , the hand-crafted oak swinging day bed is the perfect way of creating a room-like sanctuary for your garden . Once you ’ re ensconced on the absurdly comfortable swinging bed , there ’ s really no limit
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